Hisense HRB221N6ABE Running Cost (Refrigerator)
What the Hisense HRB221N6ABE costs to run
At 501 kWh/yr, the Hisense HRB221N6ABE's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $94 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Hisense HRB221N6ABE against the category
That's 29.8% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,505 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $22/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Hisense HRB221N6ASE ($94/yr, 501 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Hisense HRB221N6ABE. Whirlpool WRF532SNH ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Hisense's own models
Hisense makes 90 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 62 of 90 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the HWS054N6SS at $30/yr, and its priciest, the RF303D3FSEI at $140/yr.
Hisense HRB221N6ABE over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Hisense HRB221N6ABE that long and it costs about $1,224 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Hisense HRB221N6ABE runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $94/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Hisense HRB221N6ABE ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.